[Sca-cooks] herbs for hanging baskets?

[Stefan li Rous]

I've recently added four 14-inch hanging baskets to our screen porch. 
I'm planning on plant one with the peppermint which I bought yesterday 
but would be interested in hearing any recommendations for another herb 
or herbs to put in another. My wife will get to plant what she wants in 
the other two.

I'm looking for something that will serve dual purposes. To look good 
in the hanging basket and provide useful culinary or other useful 
herbs. I picked the peppermint for the first basket since it should 
grow bushy or over the edge and because folks here have mentioned that 
the mints should be quarantined and a hanging basket seems to be a 
pretty good way to do this.

These are hanging a little above eye level around the edges of the 
screen porch, although they could be lowered by adding a length of 
chain. The hot tub is in the center of the porch, so the air is 
probably a little more humid than it would be elsewhere in the yard or 
house. This is on the south side of the house and the baskets could 
hang on either the east or west side.

I also have two window boxes/raised beds outside the screen porch which 
have sprinkler heads attached to the lawn sprinkler system, where I 
plan to clear out some of the decorative plants that are there and 
plant some more herbs. I may also be able to tap off of the sprinkler 
system and add drip sprinklers to some herbs in pots placed nearby. I 
have a Rosemary plant which I also bought yesterday which is likely to 
go in one of these boxes.

Thanks,
   Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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